Anthropic Quietly Pulls Claude Code From $20/Month Pro Plan
Anthropic removed Claude Code from its Pro tier docs and is testing restricted access on a small slice of new signups.
Anthropic appears to be tightening the reins on Claude Code access. A support document for the company's $20/month Pro plan no longer lists Claude Code as an included feature, raising questions about the tool's future availability at the consumer price point.
Anthropic says the change affects roughly 2% of new prosumer signups and characterizes it as a small test. But the quiet removal from official documentation suggests the company may be evaluating whether its AI coding assistant belongs behind a higher paywall.
The move was first flagged by Ed Zitron and picked up across multiple outlets including The Register, The New Stack, and XDA Developers. For developers who jumped on the Pro plan specifically for Claude Code access, this is worth watching closely. Small tests have a way of becoming permanent policy.